April 15, 2023
Violence erupts between the SAF and RSF in Khartoum, devolving into full-scale war
June 2023
RSF militants assassinate Khamis Abakar, governor of West Darfur, the most prominent individual killed in the conflict to date
October-November 2023
RSF wrests control of South Darfur state from the SAF. El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, left as the only Darfurian state capital not under RSF control
February 2024
SAF advances in Omdurman (Sudan's second largest city and located near Khartoum) for the first time
March 2024
Masalit refugees in Chad report that the RSF has engaged in ethnic cleansing
September 2024
UN secretary general António Guterres calls on the RSF to stop its siege of El Fasher, where famine had been declared in a displacement camp that August
January 2025
In waning days of President Biden's administration, the US formally accuses RSF of genocide and sanctions its leader, Hemedti
April 2025
The RSF announces the creation of the Government of Peace and Unity, a rival to the internationally recognized Sudanese administration, to govern over areas captured by the rebel force
August 30, 2025
The RSF declares a new government in Nyala, South Darfur, raising concerns of national partition
October 2025
RSF slaughters hundreds of civilians following its takeover of El Fasher, in Darfur
December 2025
Drone strikes hit a kindergarten and hospital in South Kordofan, killing dozens of children. Sudan's Foreign Ministry blames the RSF for the attacks.